Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Connecticut Newsletter for Sunday April 12, 2020 ( 9 items ) |
ACLU of Connecticut: Statement Regarding Incident at Carl Robinson Correctional Institution in Enfield
HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 7 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut issued the following statement:
The following is a reaction from ACLU of Connecticut executive director David McGuire to recent incidents at the Carl Robinson Correction Institution in Enfield, which included a protest by incarcerated people, Department of Correction (DOC) response, fight, and Department of Correction decision to transfer people to other prisons:
"The DOC's response to COVID-19 thus far leaves
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COVID-19: Bangladesh Has Less Than 2,000 Ventilators for a Population of 165 Million, Warns Save the Children
FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, April 7 -- Save the Children issued the following news release:
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- No ventilators in Cox's Bazar District, home to more than three million people including one million Rohingya refugees
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Save the Children is urgently calling for international assistance to help Bangladesh meet a surge in demand for ventilators to cope with the COVID-19 outbreak and to help avert a humanitarian disaster in the country. Most of the country's intensive care beds and ventilators
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Fauci, Governors Get Highest Marks for Response to Coronavirus, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds
HAMDEN, Connecticut, April 9 -- The Quinnipiac University Polling Institute issued the following news release on April 8:
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- Majority Say Trump's Response Not Aggressive Enough
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As the number of coronavirus cases spreads throughout the country, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, earns the highest approval rating for his handling of the response to the coronavirus, according to a Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pea-ack) University natio
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Governmental Accounting Standards Board Issues Guidance for Transition From Interbank Offered Rates
NORWALK, Connecticut, April 11 -- The Governmental Accounting Standards Board issued the following news release:
The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) issued new accounting and financial reporting guidance in Statement No. 93, Replacement of Interbank Offered Rates, to assist state and local governments in the transition away from existing interbank offered rates (IBORs) to other reference rates.
Some governments have entered into agreements in which variable payments made or rece
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International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators: A Message of Support From President Vinson
WEST HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 10 -- The International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators issued the following statement by President John Vinson:
I write to let you know that our Board of Directors and IACLEA staff are thinking about all of you, our campus police and public safety colleagues on the frontlines of responding to the harm that has come from COVID-19. As first responders, these challenging times are difficult for you, your families, your team members--sworn and
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National Emergency Declaration Concerning Coronavirus Enables Corporate Foundations to Assist Employees
FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, April 11 -- The Foundation Source issued the following news release:
While the IRS allows corporate foundations to make grants directly to individuals in need within their target communities, it typically does not permit them to assist employees of their sponsoring companies. However, as President Trump declared coronavirus a national emergency, corporate foundations can now provide disaster relief to those employees, reports Foundation Source, the nation's largest provi
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Save the Children Launches Its Largest Ever Appeal to Protect Children From COVID-19
FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, April 7 -- Save the Children issued the following news release:
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- Aid organization seeks to raise $100 million in urgent race to help save millions of lives
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Save the Children warns that the global coronavirus pandemic threatens to devastate children's health and education, and cause unprecedented protection needs. In the largest appeal in its 100-year-history, the agency is aiming to raise $100 million to urgently keep children and their families safe duri
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Save the Children: Alarm Grows in Africa as Continent Records Its 10,000th Case of COVID-19
FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, April 9 -- Save the Children issued the following news release on April 8:
Some of the most vulnerable children and their families across Africa who depend on the informal economy for their livelihoods are and will increasingly be impacted by measures designed to stop the spread of COVID-19, Save the Children is warning, as the number of people on the continent infected with COVID-19 reached 10,000 yesterday.
Significant efforts are being made by African governments to
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Save the Children: COVID-19 - 2 in 3 Parents in the U.S. Worry About Their Child's Emotional & Mental Wellbeing
FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, April 11 -- Save the Children issued the following news release:
Amid the deadliest week of the coronavirus to date in the United States, a new poll by Save the Children finds that children's mental wellbeing is of serious concern to parents.
Sixty-seven percent of parents are somewhat or extremely worried about their child's emotional and mental wellbeing because of the virus. When children were asked how they were feeling, approximately half reported being bored (52%)
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